^ I knew about the DVD playback in the various versions of 'Doze, I just didn't know if it prevented sensible use of a drive
The whole thing makes no sense to me if M$ themselves are implying Starter is, well, a bit crap:
I honestly don't see many manufacturers running with Starter, even with the dropping of the 3 app limit. I appreciate the margins are ridiculously slim on netbooks, but I've a feeling that'll just mean the cannier suppliers will use Premium as a selling point. I'd wonder just how many people do use their netbook as a portable media player for instance - I know I have.
All I see the different editions doing is causing confusion (and anger), again, something M$ doesn't exactly need right now...